3 December 2020 Barbara Bush I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
3 December 2020 Barbara Bush The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
